In the prevailing scenario, school education has become very important. Unless and until the quality of education at the school-level is improved, it is foolish to expect quality education in higher education. After achieving many successes in professional education, we have taken a new initiative to set up one school of international standard. KiiT International School, under the KIIT Group of Institutions, will definitely be one of the best in the coming days and students will benefit from it.

A warm welcome to KiiT International School!

KiiT International School was established to fill the absence of an international school in Eastern India. In the preceding years, we have worked hard to give it a truly international character. The school is already offering the IGCSE from Cambridge and is now an IB World School, authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization, Geneva, to teach the IB's prestigious Diploma Programme from 2011. CBSE is offered as the national curriculum.

KiiT International School respects cultures and religions of different nationalities, exuding an international ethos on its campus. Using the latest teaching methods, maintaining a low teacher-student ratio and emphasizing close relationships between teachers and students, all help students make the best of either curriculum - national or international. The pedagogy of the school, imparted by experienced teachers from different parts of the world, fosters creative thinking and problem solving abilities. However, the focus of KiiT International School goes beyond developing core academic competencies. It uniquely integrates ethical values in the curriculum to help children explore and internalize the virtues of truth, righteous conduct, love, freedom, non-violence and peace. The alumni of KiiT International School will be global citizens - academically excellent and socially concerned.

Gandhiji said: “I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any of them”.

This philosophy sums up what KiiT International School is all about.While we recognize the realities of an increasingly interconnected world and the opportunities that it brings, we also acknowledge that not all these influences may be what we want for our children. How then do we navigate between these two extremes? How are our children going to decide what to accept and what to reject in their future?

Together, the IB Diploma Programme and the IGCSE offer young men and women the chance to challenge themselves like they never have been challenged before. The balance of academic rigour, reflective thinking, and a purposeful sharing in the concerns of others around them, make the IBDP and the IGCSE the most highly regarded international programmes in the world. The prestigious IB Diploma, which begins in 2011, will allow our students access to the finest universities in India and around the world.

I invite students and parents to visit the school or the website to learn more about these international education programmes which are truly life changing.

In recent years, the focus of education has shifted to the process of learning. Student-centred education has learner-based activities and responsibility at its heart. This is in contrast to the stronger emphasis on teacher control found in the more conventional teaching practices. Research proves that a student-centric classroom can improve both learning and examination result. It promotes autonomy in the classroom, so that students are able to take responsibility for their work, and play an active role in their development. At KiiT International School the IGCSE curriculum is taught with a 'student-centred' approach which puts the learner at the heart of learning process.

Education is the greatest gift of the Almighty to mankind. It has been serving as a fulcrum of civilization over the ages, and has witnessed a series of unending experiments. The basic ethos of education has been the same – self emancipation. In recent times, education has become synonymous with human progress. The role of education is nothing less than that of a catalyst. As a harbinger of a sequel of technocratic revolutions, education has proven its stature as indispensable and second to none. In the early part of the twenty-first century, it seems as if education is going to face numerous challenges both from internal and external agencies. The upcoming threats are also knocking at the doorsteps of a value-ridden society. The turpitude in moral-base will no doubt cost dearly for the sustainability of the establishment of the intellectual society. But, the ray of hope lies only in education. The teachers and the school need to determine the correlation between education design and delivery and student learning which can be used as a critical management tool for progressive learning. Its role is going to be immense in the coming days to sort out all the problems and to carve out a newer and better solution which will fit everyone's need. Tomorrow will see a sea-change in the approaches and modalities of imparting education and the same with its acceptance. The world is rightfully preparing itself for a big change. Are you ready? I'm extremely grateful to the KIIT society for developing this quality international school.

All-round and holistic development of a child cannot be achieved within the four walls of the classroom. We at KiiT International take our students beyond their books, even beyond the boundaries of the country, with the singular aim of making them the global citizens of tomorrow. We consider education a serious task that needs our undivided attention 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Therefore, in addition to academics during school hours, we lay emphasis on a host of other co-curricular activities like elite sports (rugby, horse-riding, swimming, golf etc.), international tours, educational visits, shopping, interaction with eminent personalities, participation in exhibitions, and group celebration of all major religious and cultural functions, yoga, karate… the list is long.

‘Aim High’ – just two words! That’s all we need our students to aspire and achieve, in whichever field they choose. And for that, we are here to provide all the support they need. Parents who are considering admitting their children here may, without any worry, trust them to our care and we will launch them ready to face the myriad challenges of the competitive world.